Eloise Mumford

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Eloise Mumford
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Mumford in 2020
Born (1986-09-24) September 24, 1986 (age 38)
Alma mater New York University (BA)
OccupationActress
Years active2008–present

Eloise Mumford (born September 24, 1986) [1] is an American actress known for her roles on the television series Lone Star , The River , The Right Stuff and the Fifty Shades of Grey film series.

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Early life and education

Mumford, the middle child of parents Tom Mumford and Nancy Smith, was born and raised in Olympia, Washington, where she was home-schooled through fifth grade. After homeschooling, she attended Nova Middle School. She later attended Annie Wright Schools in Tacoma, Washington and Capital High School in Olympia. [1] She has an older sister, Anna, and a younger brother, Kai. Inspired at age seven by a local production of South Pacific , Mumford performed in high school plays and at Olympia's Capital Playhouse. [1]

She graduated in 2009 from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. [1] She also is an alumna of the Atlantic Acting School. [2] While in college, she starred with Jesse Eisenberg in director Maggie Kiley's well-received short film "Some Boys Don't Leave". [1] She understudied Elisabeth Moss in the Broadway production of Speed the Plow . [3]

Career

Mumford starred as Lena Landry on the ABC paranormal series The River in 2012 [4] and on the Fox series Lone Star in 2010, in which she was cast during her first pilot season after college. [5] [6] She was the female lead in the Blumhouse Productions feature Not Safe For Work for Universal Pictures, [7] and the female lead in the indy Drones alongside Matt O'Leary, directed by Rick Rosenthal. [8]

In February 2012, she was cast as the female lead in an ABC drama pilot titled Reckless. [9] She played Anastasia Steele's roommate, Kate Kavanagh, in the Fifty Shades of Grey film (2015), and reprised the role in the sequels Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed . [10]

She starred alongside Billy Crystal and Ben Schwartz in the indy Standing Up, Falling Down (2019). [11] In 2020 she played Trudy Cooper, the female lead in the Disney+ streaming TV series The Right Stuff. [12] In 2024 she appeared in eight episodes of Amazon Prime’s Cross as Shannon Whitmer, a woman abducted by a serial killer. [13]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2008 Crash Megan Emory4 episodes
2009 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit VanessaEpisode: "Sugar"
Mercy HannahEpisode: "Some of Us Have Been to the Desert"
2010 Lone Star Lindsay Holloway5 episodes
2012 The River Lena Landry8 episodes
Christmas with Holly [14] MaggieTelevision film (Hallmark Hall of Fame)
2015Just in Time for ChristmasLindsay
2017-2019 Chicago Fire Hope JacquinotRecurring role; 8 episodes
2018A Veteran's ChristmasCaptain Grace GarlandTelevision (Hallmark)
2020 The Right Stuff Trudy Cooper
2021The Baker's SonAnnie McBrideTelevision (Hallmark)
One December NightQuinn AllanTelevision (Hallmark)
2022The Presence of LoveJossTelevision (Hallmark)
2023 Sweeter Than Chocolate Lucy SweetTV Movie (Hallmark)
2024 Cross Shannon Whitmer8 episodes

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2009Some Boys Don't LeaveThe GirlShort film
2012 So Undercover Sasha Stolezinsky/ Suzy WaltersDirect-to-video
2013 Drones Sue Lawson
2014 Not Safe for Work Anna
In the Blood Sandy Grant
2015The Night Is YoungSid
Fifty Shades of Grey Katherine "Kate" Kavanagh
2017 Fifty Shades Darker
2018 Fifty Shades Freed
2019 Standing Up, Falling Down Becky

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